Re: Memory space entry is not removed after calling FreeMemorySpace and RemoveMemorySpace

[Wasim Khan <wasim.khan@nxp.com>]

Hi Star,

Thank you for your reply.

I cannot add memory space as EfiGcdMemoryTypeReserved because for my use case, i am exposing memory space of an extended DDR memory to kernel. If I add this memory space as EfiGcdMemoryTypeReserved, then linux is not able to allocate memory from this region to applications (a simple application requesting memory from this region fails). So I have to add the memory space as EfiGcdMemoryTypeSystemMemory only.

> What is the usage that the memory space needs to be added first and removed later?
No specific use case, I am checking the status of 'gDS->AddMemorySpace' and 'gDS->SetMemorySpaceAttributes', if any of these calls fails, I want to remove the added memory space. Ideally it should work.



Regards,
Wasim



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zeng, Star [mailto:star.zeng@intel.com]
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2018 4:35 PM
> To: Wasim Khan <wasim.khan@nxp.com>; edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Cc: Zeng, Star <star.zeng@intel.com>; Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com>
> Subject: RE: Memory space entry is not removed after calling FreeMemorySpace
> and RemoveMemorySpace
> 
> PI spec has clear description below in AddMemorySpace().
> 
> "If the memory range specified by BaseAddress and Length is of type
> EfiGcdMemoryTypeSystemMemory or EfiGcdMemoryTypeMoreReliable, then
> the memory range may be *automatically allocated for use by the UEFI memory
> services*."
> 
> But PI spec has no clear description about removing the use from the UEFI
> memory services in FreeMemorySpace() and RemoveMemorySpace().
> I think it is very hard (may be not possible) as the added memory space may have
> been used by UEFI memory (page) services for drivers after the memory space is
> added by AddMemorySpace().
> 
> What is the usage that the memory space needs to be added first and removed
> later?
> Could the memory space be added as EfiGcdMemoryTypeReserved type instead
> of EfiGcdMemoryTypeSystemMemory type?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Star
> -----Original Message-----
> From: edk2-devel [mailto:edk2-devel-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of
> Wasim Khan
> Sent: Friday, January 5, 2018 5:59 PM
> To: edk2-devel@lists.01.org
> Subject: [edk2] Memory space entry is not removed after calling
> FreeMemorySpace and RemoveMemorySpace
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I am facing a problem that if a add a memory space using 'gDS-
> >AddMemorySpace'  and then remove it using 'gDS->FreeMemorySpace'
> followed by 'gDS->RemoveMemorySpace'.
> I can still see the entry of added memory space in the table shown by 'memmap'
> command.
> 
> I enabled DEBUG_GCD and as per logs , the entry is removed from
> GcdMemorySpaceMap , but when I run 'memmap' command which gets the
> memory map using 'gBS->GetMemoryMap', I can see that entry for the added
> memory space is still present. Steps and Logs are below for reference
> 
> Do I need to perform any other steps in order to cleanly remove the memory
> space entry ?
> 
> Regards,
> Wasim
> 
> 
> 
> Below are the steps and GCD debug logs.
> Steps 1 : Add a memory space . We can see that an entry from system memory is
> added.
> 
> Status = gDS->AddMemorySpace (
>                                             EfiGcdMemoryTypeSystemMemory,
>                                             FixedPcdGet64(PcdSystemMemoryExBase),
>                                             SystemMemoryExSize,
>                                             EFI_MEMORY_WC | EFI_MEMORY_WT |
>                                             EFI_MEMORY_WB
>                                             );
> 
>                Logs:
> 
> GCD:AddMemorySpace(Base=0000008080000000,Length=0000000380000000)
>                               GcdMemoryType   = SystemMem
>                               Capabilities    = 000000000000000E
> CoreConvertSpace 774
>                               Status = Success
> GCDMemType Range                             Capabilities     Attributes
> ========== ================================= ================
> ================
> NonExist   0000000000000000-000000009FFFFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> SystemMem  00000000A0000000-00000000DFFFFFFF 800000000000000E
> 0000000000000008*
> NonExist   00000000E0000000-00000000E01BFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> SystemMem  00000000E01C0000-00000000FFFFFFFF 800000000000000E
> 0000000000000008*
> NonExist   0000000100000000-000000807FFFFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> SystemMem  0000008080000000-00000083FFFFFFFF 800000000000000E
> 0000000000000000
> NonExist   0000008400000000-0000FFFFFFFFFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> 
> GCD:AllocateMemorySpace(Base=0000008080000000,Length=00000003800000
> 00)
>   GcdAllocateType = AtAddress
>   GcdMemoryType   = SystemMem
>   Alignment       = 0000000000001000
>   ImageHandle     = FED1FF98
>   DeviceHandle    = 0
>   Status = Success  (BaseAddress = 0000008080000000)
> GCDMemType Range                             Capabilities     Attributes
> ========== ================================= ================
> ================
> NonExist   0000000000000000-000000009FFFFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> SystemMem  00000000A0000000-00000000DFFFFFFF 800000000000000E
> 0000000000000008*
> NonExist   00000000E0000000-00000000E01BFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> SystemMem  00000000E01C0000-00000000FFFFFFFF 800000000000000E
> 0000000000000008*
> NonExist   0000000100000000-000000807FFFFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> SystemMem  0000008080000000-00000083FFFFFFFF 800000000000000E
> 0000000000000000*
> NonExist   0000008400000000-0000FFFFFFFFFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> 
> 
> Step2: Free the memory space
>                Status = gDS->FreeMemorySpace (
>                FixedPcdGet64(PcdSystemMemoryExBase),
>                SystemMemoryExSize
>                );
> 
>                Logs:
> 
> GCD:FreeMemorySpace(Base=0000008080000000,Length=0000000380000000)
> Status = Success
> GCDMemType Range                             Capabilities     Attributes
> ========== ================================= ================
> ================
> NonExist   0000000000000000-000000009FFFFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> SystemMem  00000000A0000000-00000000DFFFFFFF 800000000000000E
> 0000000000000008*
> NonExist   00000000E0000000-00000000E01BFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> SystemMem  00000000E01C0000-00000000FFFFFFFF 800000000000000E
> 0000000000000008*
> NonExist   0000000100000000-000000807FFFFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> SystemMem  0000008080000000-00000083FFFFFFFF 800000000000000E
> 0000000000000000
> NonExist   0000008400000000-0000FFFFFFFFFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> 
> 
> Step3: Remove the memory space , As we can see that entry 'SystemMem
> 0000008080000000-00000083FFFFFFFF' is removed.
>                Status = gDS->RemoveMemorySpace (
>                FixedPcdGet64(PcdSystemMemoryExBase),
>                SystemMemoryExSize
>                );
> 
>                Logs:
> 
> GCD:RemoveMemorySpace(Base=0000008080000000,Length=00000003800000
> 00)
> Status = Success
> GCDMemType Range                             Capabilities     Attributes
> ========== ================================= ================
> ================
> NonExist   0000000000000000-000000009FFFFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> SystemMem  00000000A0000000-00000000DFFFFFFF 800000000000000E
> 0000000000000008*
> NonExist   00000000E0000000-00000000E01BFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> SystemMem  00000000E01C0000-00000000FFFFFFFF 800000000000000E
> 0000000000000008*
> NonExist   0000000100000000-0000FFFFFFFFFFFF 0000000000000000
> 0000000000000000
> 
> Step4 : Run the 'memmap' command. As we can see that entry is still present.
>                Shell> memmap
> Type       Start            End              # Pages          Attributes
> Available  00000000A0000000-00000000DFFFFFFF 0000000000040000
> 000000000000000E Available  00000000E01C0000-00000000E53C0FFF
> 0000000000005201 000000000000000E
> BS_Data    00000000E53C1000-00000000E5D99FFF 00000000000009D9
> 000000000000000E
> ...
> Available  0000008080000000-00000083FFFFFFFF 0000000000380000
> 000000000000000E
>                               ...
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